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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: The total travel expenses and reimbursement costs for the Department of Health for the period 2011 - 2016 are as follows: Year Total 2011 €306,271.90 2012 €375,204.67 2013 €499,279.06 2014 €356,537.48 2015 €349,240.51 2016 €242,535.19**Jan - Sept. 2016

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: My Department does not currently have a dedicated Data Protection Officer in place. A member of staff within the ICT Unit acts as the Data Protection coordinator. The role of Data Controller in ensuring compliance with the Data Protection Acts lies with another member of staff, who also has other duties. My Department takes its Data Protection obligations very seriously and is cognisant...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: The Regulation of Information (Services Outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act, 1995 defines the conditions under which information relating to abortion services lawfully available in another state might be made available in Ireland. Medical professionals are not precluded under the Act from giving a pregnant woman all the information necessary to enable her to make an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Recruitment (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: I can assure the Deputy that the recruitment and retention in Ireland of doctors, who graduate and are trained in Ireland, is recognised as being important for the effective functioning of the health service. In addition, it is in keeping with the objectives of the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel that we should endeavour to establish and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Elder Abuse (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: My Department has been assured that the patient concerned continues to require medical care, and that the necessary care is being provided. As the issue raised is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly with any further information that may be available.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: Pandemrix was licensed for use across the EU by the European Medicines Agency for prevention of influenza caused by the H1N1 influenza virus. The HSE has not recommended use of Pandemrix in Ireland since early 2011, when GPs were advised to return any remaining stocks to the HSE for disposal. The seasonal trivalent vaccines used in Ireland since 2011 have provided protection against the H1N1...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. The National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: The National Maternity Strategy, which was launched last January, espouses a new model of maternity care. The Strategy recommends that services should be woman-centred and provide integrated, team-based care, with women seeing the most appropriate professional, based on need. One of the high level priorities of the Strategy is to ensure that women have access to safe, high quality,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: The HSE Service Plan included additional funding of €2.5 million for the expansion of the Primary Childhood Immunisation Schedule in 2016. There will be two changes made to the Primary Childhood Immunisation Schedule later this year with the introduction of Men B and Rotavirus for all babies born on or after 1 October, 2016. The HSE is currently working on the necessary preparations...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. The scheduling...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services Provision (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: My Department has made enquiries with the HSE and Saolta University Healthcare Group. We are advised that the newly appointed Director of Midwifery in Letterkenny will, in their new role, develop the ante-natal clinics in Dungloe, Co. Donegal as a midwifery led service. The provision of such a clinic is in keeping with the objectives of the Maternity Strategy, which identifies the need...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. The scheduling...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport Provision (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs Availability (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the primary care schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Generic Drugs Substitution (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: As Minister for Health, I do not have legislative power to impose reductions on the price of any medicine. However, the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 conferred powers on the HSE to set maximum reimbursement prices for medicines. The 2013 Act also provided for the introduction of a system of generic substitution and reference pricing for generic and branded...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Harris: The new four-year Framework Agreement on the Supply and Pricing of Medicines, signed in July 2016, is an agreement between the State and the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA), and is expected to deliver approximately €600 million in savings over the lifetime of the Agreement. The principles captured in the Agreement will also be extended to non-IPHA suppliers of...